DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS
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About DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS
Music streaming capabilities include:
• Stream music to another Android phone or tablet that is docked to your stereo system
• Stream music to Google Cast compatible devices (Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Google Cast speakers, etc.)
• Stream music to other DLNA/UPnP compliant media renderers (Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey, foobar2000, Kodi, Samsung TV, etc.) **
• Stream music from your NAS and other DLNA/UPnP compliant media servers (Windows Media Player, Plex, Servio, MediaMonkey, etc.). **
• Local media streaming / playback is supported
** DLNA/UPnP is available only for devices running Android 4.03+ and I’ve only listed the DLNA devices we’ve tested against.
Key Features
• Gapless playback support on your local device (Android 4.1+) and those DLNA devices that support it
• Equalizer with bass boost, virtualizer, loudness, and reverberation effects. Supports use of the built-in device equalizer as well (if available).
• “Device Share” is a great solution for those that regularly dock their phone to a stereo system. By sharing a device, it will become discoverable to others connected to your WiFi network so that the music can be controlled from a separate Android phone or tablet. WiFi-enable your stereo system without having to buy new equipment – Dock.Share.Cast.
• Intuitive interface; use the cast icon to select the device you’d like to stream music to. Easily browse music available on each device by selecting from the drop down list in the toolbar.
• Stream music stored locally on your device to Chromecast and other remote devices
• Play Queue management; to view the play queue, drag the currently playing song up and the play queue will be revealed. Drag and drop to re-order songs, remove songs, and set shuffle and repeat options.
• Volume Control - Use your phone/tablet volume keys. If you’re casting to a remote device you’ll be controlling the volume of the remote device; if not connected, you’ll be adjusting the local volume. As of Android 5.0, you can control the volume of the connected/remote device from any screen (including the lock screen). Prior to 5.0, the volume of a remote device can only be controlled while you have the app open.
• Once connected to a WiFi network, the DsCast application will automatically discover all devices that you can stream music from/to.
Device Share Tips (Streaming music to another Android phone or tablet)
• The WiFi network you are sharing from must support multicast broadcast and cross device connectivity when sharing a device; must public WiFi networks will not support this.
• Max Volume Control – When docking a phone to your stereo system that you intend to share, set the stereo to the highest volume you want to allow. You’ll be able to take the volume to mute through this application, but no louder than the volume set on the stereo system
• Battery Consumption - When possible, keep the shared Android device that is docked to your stereo plugged in to conserve battery strength. In addition, consider turning on the setting to keep the screen on while the device is being shared; this greatly improves WiFi responsiveness on some devices.
This application contains LGPL software -- the Cling framework is used for UPnP/DLNA support -- http://4thline.org/projects/cling/
• Stream music to another Android phone or tablet that is docked to your stereo system
• Stream music to Google Cast compatible devices (Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Google Cast speakers, etc.)
• Stream music to other DLNA/UPnP compliant media renderers (Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey, foobar2000, Kodi, Samsung TV, etc.) **
• Stream music from your NAS and other DLNA/UPnP compliant media servers (Windows Media Player, Plex, Servio, MediaMonkey, etc.). **
• Local media streaming / playback is supported
** DLNA/UPnP is available only for devices running Android 4.03+ and I’ve only listed the DLNA devices we’ve tested against.
Key Features
• Gapless playback support on your local device (Android 4.1+) and those DLNA devices that support it
• Equalizer with bass boost, virtualizer, loudness, and reverberation effects. Supports use of the built-in device equalizer as well (if available).
• “Device Share” is a great solution for those that regularly dock their phone to a stereo system. By sharing a device, it will become discoverable to others connected to your WiFi network so that the music can be controlled from a separate Android phone or tablet. WiFi-enable your stereo system without having to buy new equipment – Dock.Share.Cast.
• Intuitive interface; use the cast icon to select the device you’d like to stream music to. Easily browse music available on each device by selecting from the drop down list in the toolbar.
• Stream music stored locally on your device to Chromecast and other remote devices
• Play Queue management; to view the play queue, drag the currently playing song up and the play queue will be revealed. Drag and drop to re-order songs, remove songs, and set shuffle and repeat options.
• Volume Control - Use your phone/tablet volume keys. If you’re casting to a remote device you’ll be controlling the volume of the remote device; if not connected, you’ll be adjusting the local volume. As of Android 5.0, you can control the volume of the connected/remote device from any screen (including the lock screen). Prior to 5.0, the volume of a remote device can only be controlled while you have the app open.
• Once connected to a WiFi network, the DsCast application will automatically discover all devices that you can stream music from/to.
Device Share Tips (Streaming music to another Android phone or tablet)
• The WiFi network you are sharing from must support multicast broadcast and cross device connectivity when sharing a device; must public WiFi networks will not support this.
• Max Volume Control – When docking a phone to your stereo system that you intend to share, set the stereo to the highest volume you want to allow. You’ll be able to take the volume to mute through this application, but no louder than the volume set on the stereo system
• Battery Consumption - When possible, keep the shared Android device that is docked to your stereo plugged in to conserve battery strength. In addition, consider turning on the setting to keep the screen on while the device is being shared; this greatly improves WiFi responsiveness on some devices.
This application contains LGPL software -- the Cling framework is used for UPnP/DLNA support -- http://4thline.org/projects/cling/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1. Updated the UI / colors of the app
2. Various bug/fixes
1. Updated the UI / colors of the app
2. Various bug/fixes
Name changed Name changed! DsCast Music now is known as DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS.
More downloads DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS was updated to version 3.4.1
Version update DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS was updated to version 3.1.6
What are users saying about DsCast Music Player - Chromecast, DLNA, NAS
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Picked up music on network storage and Chromecast without any effort on my part. Gets me past some flaky issues with the chromecasting from sinology audio app. Life is good - thank you.
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Fired up for first time, it found all the music on my tablet and recognised I had a NAS drive connected too - found my Chromecast audio and played flawlessly. No complaints.
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All I want to do is get at the music stored on our home NAS and play it back through my phone. Can't do that. So sad.
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Allows me to stream music from my NAS drive to my airstream connected speakers using my phone and it's easy to setup!
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Excellent little app, does all you need very well & handles streaming to DLNA devices with ease. The support for the app it great, friendly & responsive also!
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Like it, stable than many apps. Thank you. Perhaps you could add an Internet radio API? ????
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Neat app!
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Works fine with casting
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Gr8 app
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Best????????????????????app on the play store
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The Best Streaming To TV App In The Play Store
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Works great. Would be great to cast output from other apps...
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Just purchased the app and one thing I'm already missing is Folder view, my library doesn't have accurate mp3 tags unfortunately. Could it be added? Also selecting the shared folder instead of searching for all media would be better and faster IMHO.
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I should like a 'Quit/Exit' option in the menu that closes the app. Sometimes I cannot stop the app without faffing around. Also I have paid for the premium version but it is not recognised as such when trying to install it onto my 2nd tablet.
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The app itself it great - does exactly what I wanted it to, and worked right away - no faffing with settings or having to search for my NAS. However - and the reason it didn't get 5 stars - it absolutely kills my phone's battery. It went from 50% to 20%in half an hour, and the phone was red hot. Have had to uninstall it.
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Perfect app... Would have given another star if it had contained some more features such as equalizer, sorting, saving playlists, dual volume control, option to play on device and cast simultaneously etc., Tried many apps but, only this one worked!!
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Like it, But when I play a song in my folder it does not move to the next song and chooses anyone at random, which I don't want
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Would give 4.5 - easy to use, very good app, excellent support and communication. Just a couple of extra things I would have liked in the app but that may be me being fussy.
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I purchased the premium version of the app and it works superbly for me since I connect to my speakers through my wifi home network, but the problem is that I can't play a full album even though I select the play now option so it plays the first track and stops, I don't know how to solve this problem, please help.
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When casting to multiple audio casts, cannot control volume level.
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Works great. Would be great to cast output from other apps...
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I am happy that I could cast and view thousand of songs fast when I load the app. I just have one request... please add Genre Tab. Thanks!
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Great app, couldn't be easier. Just install and go.
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Lay out is OK. But in general fairly difficult to navigate. Found the casting option it was not straight forward, I found it very frustrating and gave up. Things like these should be very visible as it is on any other casting app and it should be a one tap connection. The app is just OK. It could be a lot better as there is loads of apps out there that do the job much better. Come on guys you can do better. Make the look and feel smoother and user more friendly. Just keep it simple. I Uninstalled.
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You'll see
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Love u - develoer
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Yet to discuss your site to
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Please add the ability to play music from playlists. Only thing missing.
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Just purchased the app and one thing I'm already missing is Folder view, my library doesn't have accurate mp3 tags unfortunately. Could it be added? Also selecting the shared folder instead of searching for all media would be better and faster IMHO.
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Just purchased the app and one thing I'm already missing is Folder view, my library doesn't have accurate mp3 tags unfortunately. Could it be added? Also selecting the shared folder instead of searching for all media would be better and faster IMHO.
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Great app
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Network part works fine, but needs more full featured player-better playlist/queue management, ways to add all songs to the queue, play all/shuffle all, repeat modes. The connection takes tone to establish. Also please give description about difference between free version and IAP version.
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Simple very easy to use
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Great app, couldn't be easier. Just install and go.
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Simple and reliable. Great app!
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Simple and easy to use
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Network part works fine, but needs more full featured player-better playlist/queue management, ways to add all songs to the queue, play all/shuffle all, repeat modes. The connection takes tone to establish. Also please give description about difference between free version and IAP version.
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Simple very easy to use
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Great app, couldn't be easier. Just install and go.
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I like this app a lot. It works great. I have one problem with it though. I am using this on a Lenovo Tab4 with nougat. When I launch the app, the CAST ICON is not there. If I wait long enough, it might appear. I found a work around. If I launch the app, go into settings (change nothing) back out off settings, the CAST ICON appears, right away.